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PI Quilt

A few weeks ago my friend Ana brought a very special quilt to me for quilting. I loved this quilt because of all the thought — not just numerical — that she put into it. It was for a friend who is very special to her. She related to me that her friend had won a PI contest at IU. She was able to recite PI out to several decimals. Ana went to great pains on this quilt to be sure her numbers were accurate. I enjoyed working on this quilt because she told me the story behind it–and the purple didn’t hurt either!

I knew exactly how I was going to quilt this when I saw it but since Ana gave me complete artistic freedom I decided to surprise her. I meandered with small loops and strategically placed PI symbols throughout the quilt.

I love it when I can do something unique that finishes the quilt with a little pizazz. I’m told Ana’s friend loved it and spotted the symbols right away.

Also something to note: even with all of those pieced numbers, Ana’s quilt top laid perfectly flat! She does such good work. Thank you, Ana!

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The quilting on this is positively gorgeous down to the last Pi details throughout. I did give you credit, but just so you know, I used a photo of yours in one of my blog posts. It combined quilting and Pi so marvelously I could not pass it up. You can see it in context at http://wanderorponder.blogspot.com/2014/03/ponder-post-pi-day.html

Hi Ana,
I would like to link to your post in an article I’m writting for Pi day 2017. Would that be all right with you? I think your quilt is so fun, and I love that you quilted with the Pi symbol! Very cool!